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Welcome to Anatomy of Perceval. If you love suspense, science fiction, political thriller or “future history” novels, and if you’re curious about creative writing, classical music, orchestra conductors, and the professional writing life, I hope you’ll be my guest here regularly and tell others to visit.

The Perceval series consists of five novels set in a near future Europe and America with the same protagonist, American orchestra conductor Evan Quinn. The novels blend genres: espionage, social science fiction, psychological suspense, and crime on an international stage. I post regular updates on my writing progress and occasional musings on challenges or problems I encounter, the writing life, conductors, and other ideas, thoughts, concerns and experiences related to writing and the novels.

I will also post about my other writing projects, i.e. short stories, essays, and nonfiction projects and their related challenges and, I hope, successes. I will also occasionally write book and movie reviews that relate to writing, the writing life, or storytelling.

Feel free to leave constructive and friendly comments. I’d love to hear from all my readers, and especially from musicians, conductors, others in the classical music business, fellow writers and friends. Enjoy!

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR ANATOMY OF PERCEVAL

PAGES:

About: “About C.C. Yager by C. C. Yager” and publication credits

Table of Contents (includes “Welcome”)

Synopses: Perceval’s Secret (Novel 1) plus summary of status of other novels in series

Characters: For Perceval’s Secret

Evan Quinn: Press release bio of Evan Quinn plus notes

For Book Clubs: a discussion guide

Chapter One of Perceval’s Secret (Excerpt)

Contact

Appreciation: a thank you to those who’ve helped and supported my publication efforts

POSTS 2007 –2015:

September 2007

Writing to Date, 9/18/07

Research to Date, 9/19/07

Marketing to Date, 9/21/07

New Music, 9/24/07

Mental Tugs, 9/26/07

“Escape” – Excerpt from Perceval, 9/28/07

The Shadow, 9/29/07

October 2007

Who was that guy or Where do you get your ideas?, 10/6/07

First Chapters, 10/13/07

Why the Future? 10/20/07

Updates, 10/20/07 (Writing, Research)

Composer Institute, 10/27/07

Moving On, 10/29/07

November 2007

Why an Orchestra Conductor? 11/3/07

Published! in “Time” Magazine, 11/10/07

Lessons from Research, 11/10/07

Marketing Update, 11/12/07

Essay Submission, 11/15/07

Inside the Classics, 11/17/07

What is He Thinking? – Part 1, 11/24/07

Another Marketing Update, 11/26/07

December 2007

What is He Thinking – Part 2, 12/1/07

Marketing Update, 12/4/07

EXCERPT: “Conducting” from Perceval, 12/10/07

Holiday Tug-of-War with Writer, 12/15/07

Realities of the Musical Life, 12/20/07

Why Perceval or Book Titles 101, 12/22/07

Perceval Plus Four, 12/29/07

JANUARY 2008

Writing Update, 1/5/08

That Tingling Feeling, 1/9/08

Research Update, 1/12/08

Essay Contest Update, 1/14/08

Conductors and Orchestras – Research, 1/17/08

Future Politics: China, 1/19/08

Movie Music, 1/26/08

Marketing Update #3, 1/30/08

February 2008

Living Language, 2/6/08

Heath Ledger, 2/9/08

Marketing Update #4, 2/9/08

“The Exception” – Reading as a Writer, 2/16/08

Another Essay Submission, 2/23/08

Research: Conducting Shostakovich, 2/23/08

Does Height Make the Conductor?, 2/29/08

March 2008

Conductors and Score Study, 3/1/08

Getting Back on Track – Writing Update, 3/1/08

One More Step – Marketing Update #5 for Perceval, 3/5/08

Inspiring Quote? 3/8/08

Getting to Know…Characters, 3/8/08

Research: Conductors and Conducting – Part 1, 3/15/08

Research: Conductors and Conducting – Part 2, 3/22/08

What We Talk About When We Talk About Terrors, 3/29/08

April 2008

Reading as a Writer: “Mister Martini,” 4/5/08

WRITING: Vocation or Avocation?, 4/12/08

These Things Happen – Writing Update, 4/16/08

Language, 4/19/08

Character Creation – “There Will Be Blood,” 4/21/08

Tricky Rhythms, 4/26/08

May 2008

Reading While Writing, 5/3/08

What Makes a Writer?, 5/10/08

A Writer – or Not?, 5/17/08

A Movie About a Writer, 5/24/08

To “Maestro” or not to “Maestro,” 5/31/08

June 2008

The Life of the Long-Distance Conductor…, 6/7/08

Books, Books, Books, 6/10/08

Politics in 2048 – An American Dystopia?, 6/14/08

“Ferengi” and Duck – Fun With Names, 6/21/08

Updates, or Wassup?, 6/28/08

July 2008

“Is Google Making Us Stupid?” 7/5/08

Rejection, 7/14/08

Reading Like a Writer: Two for the Dough, 7/21/08

Money, Money, Money…, 7/26/08

Peter and the Wolf, 7/31/08

August 2008

Cash Bashing or Money, Money, Money Part 2, 8/2/08

Creative Capitalism?, 8/9/08

Musing on Hybrids, 8/16/08

On Waiting: A Brief Meditation, 8/23/08

A Toe Tapping…., 8/30/08

September 2008

Only Beating Time? A Gentle Guide to Classical Music Concerts, 9/6/08

Sticks and Drones: Conductor Blog, 9/13/08

Inspiration Doesn’t Wait for You, 9/20/08

Candidates as Characters, 9/27/08

October 2008

The Three B’s, 10/4/08

The Change, 10/11/08

Writer on Writing: Richard Price, 10/15/08

Essay Submission, 10/17/08

Reading as a Writer: Farthing, 10/18/08

Marketing Update: Agents and Bookstores, 10/25/08

“The Last Enemy,” 10/28/08

November 2008

News on the Marketing Front, 11/1/08

Composer Institute 2008, 11/08/08

“The Internet vs. Books,” 11/11/08

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, 11/15/08

Holiday Beach, the Movie, 11/15/08

And the score is…., 11/19/08

The Redhead, 11/19/08

Reading as a Writer: The Road, 11/22/08

Choosing Locations in “Perceval,” 11/29/08

December 2008

December Update, 12/6/08

Writing a Daily Journal: Helpful or No?, 12/13/08

Ho, Ho, Hodge-Podge!, 12/20/08

Conductors by Musicians, 12/27/08

Reading as a Writer: Honey, 12/27/08

JANUARY 2009

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow…, 1/3/09

Novel to Screenplay, 1/10/09

Updates, 1/17/09

Good News!, 1/21/09

A Little Literary Agent Experience, 1/26/09

The Future of the Novel, 1/31/09

February 2009

A Love Letter, 2/7/09

Concert Programs, 2/14/09

The Minnesota Orchestra, 2/21/09

“The Gr8 American Txt Msg Nvl,” 2/28/09

March 2009

Time and Technology, 3/2/09

Researching the Future, 3/7/09

One Year Anniversary, 3/11/09

The Change, Again, 3/14/09

A Book Reading/Q&A/Signing, 3/21/09

The Centipedal Question, 3/28/09

April 2009

Thoughts and Updates, 4/4/09

Rachmaninoff, 4/11/09

Paying Attention as a Writer, 4/18/09

Mischa Santora and the Minnesota Orchestra, 4/25/09

May 2009

Are Jobs Important?, 5/2/09

Quirkiness, 5/6/09

Narrative Structure, 5/9/09

Does Mental Illness an Artist Make?, 5/15/09

Work in Progress, 5/18/09

Finalists Chosen for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, 5/23/09

Reading as a Writer: Street Portraits, 5/30/09

June 2009

American Fiction, 6/6/09

What’s in a Name?, 6/13/09

Language Grows, 6/15/09

On Courage, 6/20/09

Seven Pounds or About Character Motivation, 6/27/09

July 2009

Characters in Love, 7/4/09

How to Write a Love Scene and…, 7/11/09

Chamber Music and Conductors, 7/18/09

The “Worst” Advice for Writers, 7/23/09

Psychology in Fiction, 7/25/09

Updates, 7/29/09

August 2009

On Daydreaming, 8/8/09

Another Update, 8/8/09

What Does Publication Mean?, 8/15/09

A Writer’s Guide to Literary Agents, 8/22/09

A Writer’s Guide to Literary Agents, Part 2, 8/29/09

September 2009

Freedom of Choice, 9/5/09

Two Years and Counting, 9/12/09

Quality Art, 9/19/09

The Pianist, 9/26/09

October 2009

Contest Submissions, 10/2/09

The Story Behind the Story, 10/3/09

Published!, 10/6/09

What Music Makes You Cry?, 10/10/09

For Crying Out Loud, 10/17/09

Minnesota Orchestra Has a New Pops Conductor, 10/19/09

To Outline or Not to Outline?, 10/24/09

That All-Important Relationship, 10/28/09

Coughing Mayhem…ahem…., 10/31/09

November 2009

I’m Late, I’m Late, for a very important…., 11/9/0

Update on “Two Years and Counting,” 11/14/09

Reading as a Writer: Ace by Richard Carr, 11/21/09

December 2009

Well of Creativity, 12/9/09

Organizing a Society, 12/21/09

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 12/31/09

JANUARY 2010

Poet’s Corner, 1/4/10

“Fantasy and Science Fiction” Magazine, 1/9/10

The Three P’s, 1/16/10

The Past in “Battlestar Galactica,” 1/23/10

The Brick Wall, 1/27/10

February 2010

Watching Actors, 2/5/10

Theme: What’s It All Mean?, 2/13/10

The Nitty-Gritty: Organizing the Perceval Series for Consistency, etc., 2/20/10

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